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Astrud Gilberto, born in 1940 is a Brazilian Jazz singer of international fame, often referred to as "The Girl from Ipanema", title of the Grammy award winning bossa nova song that made her famous in the sixties.

She was born in Bahia, Brazil, of a German father and a Brazilian mother. With her family, which included two sisters, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, in 1947.

In the late fifties, she befriended a group of (then) young aspiring musicians, whose musical "guru" was guitarist/singer João Gilberto, the main creator of bossa-nova, who in Brazil is known as "O Papa da bossa nova” (the Pope of bossa-nova). She was, in fact, introduced to João by a mutual friend who was a member of the group, Nara Leão. She married João Gilberto in 1959, and the couple divorced in 1964. Astrud Gilberto’s recording of "The Girl from Ipanema”, a huge international hit, started a long career in music for the singer, who in the seventies also started to record and perform her own compositions.

Astrud has recorded with two of her idols: Gil Evans and Chet Baker, as well as with Quincy Jones, Stanley Turrentine, Walter Wanderley, George Michael, Ettiene Daho and Michael Franks.

Her music has had a strong influence on the work of many other individual artists and groups to follow, who have expressed having been inspired by her recordings.

In 1992 Astrud Gilberto received the "Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement" , and In 2002 she was inducted to the "International Latin Music Hall of Fame". Anyone visiting her website these days will find out a couple more things about Astrud Gilberto: that she is also a fine arts artist, and that she is an ardent advocate of animal rights and has written a compelling essay on helping animals.

Discography

Albums

Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto - Getz Au-Go-Go (Verve, 1964 in music)
The Astrud Gilberto Album (Verve, 1964 in music)
The Shadow Of Your Smile (Verve, 1965 in music)
Look To The Rainbow (Verve, 1965 in music)
Beach Samba (Verve, 1966 in music)
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness with Walter Wanderley (Verve, 1967 in music)
Windy (Verve, 1968 in music)
September 17, 1969 (Verve, 1969 in music)
Gilberto Golden Japanese Album (Verve, 1969 in music)
I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do (Verve, 1970 in music)
Astrud Gilberto With Stanley Turrentine (CTI, 1971 in music)
Astrud Gilberto Now (Perception, 1972 in music)
That Girl From Ipanema (Audio Fidelity, 1977 in music)
Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra (Polygram, 1987 in music)
Live In New York (Pony Canyon, 1996 in music)
Temperance (album) (Pony Canyon, 1997 in music)
Jungle (Magya, 2002 in music)

Soundtracks

The Deadly Affair (Verve, 1965 in music)

Other albums featuring Astrud Gilberto

Stan Getz and João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1963 in music)
Shigeharu Mukai and Astrud Gilberto - So & So - Mukai Meets Gilberto (Denon, 1982 in music)
Michael Franks
- Passionfruit (album) (Warner Bros., 1983 in music)
Étienne Daho
- Eden (Virgin, 1996 in music)
George Michael
- Ladies And Gentleman - Best of George Michael (Sony, 1998 in music)

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Musicians - Astrud Gilberto

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